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The Stranger's Guide and Official Directory for the City of Richmond.
Showing the Location of the Public Buildings and Offices of the Confederate, State
and City Governments, Residences of the Principal Officers, etc.:
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The Stranger's Guide and Official Directory for the City of Richmond.
Showing the Location of the Public Buildings and Offices of the Confederate, State and City
Governments, Residences of the Principal Officers, etc.34 p., 4 ill.RichmondGeo. P. Evans & Co.1863.Call number 2677Conf. (Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at
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No. 1. OCTOBER, Vol. 1THE STRANGER'S GUIDE
AND
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
FOR THE
CITY OF RICHMOND.Showing the Location of the Public Buildings and Offices of the
Confederate, State and City Governments, Residences
of the Principal Officers, etc.GEO. P. EVANS & CO., PRINTERS, WHIG BUILDING.1863.

The object of this publication is to supply a want which has been long felt, not only by strangers arriving in the city, but by numbers of our own citizens. The immense amount of business arising from the prosecution of the war has been distributed among a large number of departments, bureaux, etc., which are located in so many different places that persons having business at some of them are unable to find them, except by persistent inquiry. This little book will tell them where the various offices are situated.

It may be that we have omitted several offices which should be inserted, but our design is to publish successive editions, from time to time, with corrections and additions, until we have rendered the DIRECTORY as complete and valuable as we desire to make it. We ask our friends to apprise us of any errors or omissions they may discover.

We also request heads of departments, bureaux, etc., to furnish us with copies of such regulations concerning the modus operandi and routine of business, etc., in their respective offices, as may serve, by the publicity thereof, to lessen the interruptions and inquiries to which they are now subject in consequence of the lack of this information, in a form available to the public.

ADVERTISING.

The attention of Merchants is called to the advantages which “THE STRANGER'S GUIDE,” as an advertising medium, possesses over any other publication now issued. Being printed and bound neatly, and of a convenient size for the pocket, and containing important and useful information, it will necessarily command the attention of all strangers visiting Richmond, either for pleasure or profit.

“THE STRANGER'S GUIDE ” will be issued monthly, with such changes as necessity may require, and such improvement from month to month, as the time will admit of.

GENERAL REMARKS.

In the absence of a map it may be proper to remark for the information of strangers, that the streets of Richmond are laid off at right angles to each other, with one or two exceptions. The principal streets are those extending from east to west. The “cross streets” extend from the river to the northern boundary line of the city, and are numbered in regular order from west to east.
North of and parallel with Main street, in the order mentioned, are Franklin, Grace, Broad, Marshall, Clay, and Leigh streets; South of Main, and also parallel with it, are Cary, Canal and Byrd streets. The Capitol Square, which is situated near the centre of the city, is bounded on the north by Capitol street,
which is parallel with and near to Broad street; on the south by Bank street; on the west by 9th street, and on the east by Governor street, and a part by 12th. Governor street (formerly a county road,) is irregular. It is 13th street south of Main, but by its inclination to the west acending the hill, its continuation
becomes 12th street north of Broad street. A stranger can readily find any place,
whose situation is described in the DIRECTORY, by bearing in mind that the numbers of the “cross streets ” diminish as he goes “up town” or west, and increase when he goes in the opposite direction. The names and numbers of streets are (or should be) inscribed on boards attached to the corner houses. The Capitol Square breaks the continuity of two streets, Franklin and Grace.

Situation of the Public Buildings.

The buildings in which the principal public offices are situated, mostly front upon the streets which form the boundaries of the Capitol Square.

The “Treasury Building,” a granite structure, formerly known as the “Custom House,” fronts on Main and Bank streets, midway between 10th and 11th streets. The principal entrance is on Bank street.

The General Post Office Building, (formerly “Goddin's Building,”) is a stuccoed edifice at the corner of Bank and 11th streets. Entrance on 11th street.

The “War Department Building” (formerly “Mechanics' Institute,”) fronts on 9th street, opposite Bank street. It is surmounted by a large and conspicuous observatory.

The State Court House is situated in the Capitol Square, at the intersection of Franklin and 12th streets.

The City Hall fronts on Broad and Capitol streets, with a side entrance on 11th street.

“The Winder Building” fronts on Broad and extends to Capitol street, with side entrances on 10th street.

The location of other buildings occupied wholly or in part by officials, is described elsewhere. The above will serve as guide points.

The Secretary's Office is in the front part of the “Treasury Building.” Ascend by the stairs at end of passage leading from Bank street entrance. First door on east side of passage at head of stairs. Residence on Main street, 2d door from Foushee.

The office of the Chief Clerk adjoins the Secretary's office, and that of the Disbursing Clerk is next to the Chief Clerk's.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Hon. C. G. MEMMINGER, of S. Carolina, Secretary of the Treasury.

The Secretary's Office is in the front part of the “Treasury Building”—last door on left hand side of passage leading from Bank street entrance. Residence north side of Franklin street, between 26th and 27th streets, Church Hill.

Register's Office—Robert Tyler, Register of the Treasury. Office first door on left hand side of Bank street entrance. Residence corner Franklin and 27th streets, Church Hill.

Treasury—E. C. Elmore, Treasurer. Office second door on right hand of same passage. Residence west side of 7th street, between Franklin and Grace. Wm. B. Nutt, Chief Clerk in the same office.

Tellers' Room—Disbursing and receiving department adjoins the Treasurer's office—third door from the entrance. Bonds are exchanged for Treasury notes, moneys received, etc., at the lower end of the counter. Checks on the Treasurer are paid at the counter nearest the door.

The Interest Paying Room, in which interest on bonds, etc., is paid, is the second door on the left—opposite the Treasurer's office. Henry W. Williamson, Chief Clerk.

Comptroller's Office—Lewis Cruger, of South Carolina, Comptroller. Office upper tenement of Arlington House, north east corner of Main and 6th streets. Residence north side Main street, between 2d and 3d streets.

Second Auditor—W. H. S. Taylor, of Maryland. Office north west corner Grace and 9th streets, entrance from 9th street. Residence west side 7th street, north of Leigh.

THE WAR TAX BUREAU.

THOMPSON ALLAN, of Georgia, Commissioner of Taxes. Office, No. 24, 3d story brick building, on Governor street, formerly an addition to “Richmond House.” Entrance through alley, which separates the two buildings. Residence, on 3d street, near Leigh.

Thos. C. Green, Chief Collector for the State of Virginia. Office on first floor of same building.

The Secretary's Office is in the War Department Building, first floor; private entrance, last door on left hand side of passage leading from 9th st. Office hours 10 to 12. Residence, Spotswood Hotel.

Assistant Secretary of War.—Hon. John A. Campbell, of Ala., is the Assistant Secretary of War. His office is separated from the Secretary's by a room occupied by Capt. R. G. H. Kean, Chief of the Bureau of War, but also used as an ante-chamber, through which persons having business with the Secretary or Assistant Secretary are required to pass.

Major Ed. A. Palfrey. Residence at Gen. R. E. Lee's, south side Franklin between 7th and 8th sts.

Major Charles H. Lee and Major S. W. Melton.

The entire suite of rooms on the right hand of the passage, on first floor, in War Depm't building, are occupied by the Adjutant General and his subordinates. Persons having business with this department enter the first room beyond the hall which is occupied by Col. Withers. Major Palfrey's office is in the front room. Gen. Cooper's office is in the rear room. Col. Clay occupies the same apartment.

The “Richmond Arsenal” is situated on “Byrd Island,” as that part the city is called, which is situated between the canal and river east of 5th street. The “Arsenal” and adjacent grounds occupy nearly four squares of ground fronting on 7th street. The large buildings thereon, formerly used as tobacco factories, are now occupied as workshops, etc.

The Laboratory is on Brown's Island, at the foot of 7th st. Capt. W. Smith in charge.

The Artillery Work Shops, on 7th st., south of canal. James D. Browne, Supt.

The Artillery Store, in charge of Capt. J. Wilcox Brown, by whom the field artillery and equipments are issued. Office, on 7th St.

The Ordnance Store, on e. s. 7th street, between Cary and Canal, in charge of O. W. Edwards, Military Store-Keeper.

The above are departments of the Arsenal—the whole under command of Lt. Col. W. Leroy. Executive officer, Major W. V. Taylor, Office,——.

The Armory (formerly the Va. Armory) is situated at the southern terminus of 5th street. Major W. S. Downer, in charge, S. Adams, Master Armorer.

Chief of Ordnance.—Lt. Col. J. B. Carter, No. 5 12th, between Main and Cary, up stairs. Entrance through alley.

DEPARTMENT OF HENRICO.

Brig. Gen. J. H. WINDER, Commander of the Department of Henrico Office, (or Headquarters,) in new building at corner of Broad and 10th sts.—called, for convenience sake, the “Winder Building.” The entrance to Gen Winder's office is the door nearest to Capitol Square. Office hours, 9 A. M. to 2 P. M.

Camp Lee, (formerly “New Fair Grounds,”) is a military post in the Department of Henrico, Col. J. C. Shields commanding. Capt. Wm. H. Fry, Adj't of the Post. The Camp is situated about one mile west of the city, between the road leading from Broad street and the Fredericksburg railroad. A car leaves the depot and camp nearly every hour; fare each way, fifty cents.

BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION.

Col. J. S. PRESTON, of S. C., Chief of Bureau of Conscription.
Office, on east side of 9th st., south of Main.

Col. John C. Shields, Commandant of Conscripts in Virginia. Headquarters
at Camp Lee. [See department of Henrico.] Lieut. James H. Binford, Adj't. All commandants of camps of instruction, and enrolling officers, in Virginia, are required to report to Col. Shields. The State is divided into congressional, city and county districts.

Major Thos. G. Peyton, Commandant of Camp of Instruction for Virginia Conscripts, at Camp Lee. Lt. James E. Heath, Adjutant.

Patent Office.—Rufus R. Rhodes, of Miss., Commissioner of Patents. Office in south front room, third story of same building. In rear of the Commissioner's office is a large room set apart for the exhibition of models of inventions, etc.

The District Court for the Eastern District of Va., sits at Richmond on the 16th day of each month. Judge, James D. Halyburton. Clerk, Loftin N .Ellett. Marshall, John F. Wiley. The Clerk's office for the present, is in the State Court House, corner of Franklin and 12th streets, (2d story.)

Superintendent of Penitentiary.—Colin Bass, of Roanoke. Office, at the penitentiary.

Penitentiary Storekeeper.—John Knote. Store and office, west side 14th street, south of Cary.

Board of Public Works.—Alexander Holladay, of Henrico county. (Private office south west corner Franklin and Govenor streets; Odin G. Clay, Campbell county, and George W. Murphy, of Shenandoah county. Thomas DeWitt, of Richmond, Secretary. Office of the Board, in the basement of Capitol.

Commissioners of the Revenue.—1st District—John M. Francisco. Office south side Franklin, near Govenor street. Res. 23d street between Main and Franklin. 2d District—Cademus C. Johnson. Office at Sheriff's office. Res. east side 7th street, between Marshall and Clay. 3d District—Moses Ellyson, acting.
Office at Sheriff's office.

Ordnance Department.—Capt. P. C. Coghlan, in charge. Office, at the Armory, north east corner Cary and 7th streets.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.

Supreme Court of Appeals.—John J. Allen, of Botetourt, President; Judge William Daniel, of the city of Lynchburg; judge Richard C. L. Moncure, of Henrico, (formerly of Stafford county;) Judge William J. Robertson of Charlottesville; Judge George H. Lee, of Harrison.

Peachy R. Grattan, Reporter.

Marcellus T. Starke, Clerk. Office in the State Court House, south front room, up stairs. The Court room adjoins.

[The Court of Appeals holds its sessions at Richmond, from the 12th of October, to 24th of November inclusive; from 3d January to 12th March inclusive, and from 5th of April to 24th May inclusive.

City Gauger.—Richard Fox. Office, at W. H. Pleasants, 15th street, between Main and Cary.

Grain Measurer.—Henry Davis.

Sealer of Weights and Measures.—John Talman. Office, City Hall, second floor.

Clerk of First Market.—Samuel Ellis. Residence, 8th street, north of Leigh.

Clerk of Second Market.—James P. Tyler.

Keeper of Powder Magizine.—Luther R. Reins.

Keeper of Alms House.—John Pearce.

Keeper of Shockoe Hill Burial Ground.—William J. Waldrop.

Keeper of Oakwood Cemetry.—John Redford.

GENERAL DIRECTORY,

The Post Office occupies a portion of the first floor of the Spotswood Hotel. Postmaster, John O. Steger. Assistant Postmaster, James. M. Wayt. The Office is open from 8 A. M. to 9 P. M., except on Sundays, when it is open from 8 A. M. to 10 A. M.

Receiving Hospital, General Hospital No. 13, 20th street, between Main and Franklin.

Henningson Hospital, Wall street.

Samaritan Hospital, Clay street, between 5th and 6.

Robinson Hospital, corner Main and 3d streets.

Wayside Hospitals.—The following notice has recently been published by authority.

“ Sick and disabled soldiers, on furlough or honorably discharged from the service, who are temporarily detained in Richmond, Va., will be comfortably provided with food, quarters and attention at the Wayside Hospital, corner Franklin and 19th streets.

“Wayside Hospitals are also established at Petersburg, Danville, Farmville, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Liberty and Staunton, near the railroad depots, at which sick and disabled soldiers may have their wants supplied.”

French Consulate—M. Alfred Paul, Consul of France. Office and residence on Clay street, near corner of 8th.

The Custom House is on the north side of the Basin, between 10th and 11th streets. R. H. Lorton, Collector. Residence corner of Clay. and 26th streets. Deputy Collector, Joseph S. James. Residence, Main street, between 7th and 8th.

The First Market House is at the corner of Main and 17th streets.

Vegetable Market on 17th street, north of Franklin.

The Second Market House is at the corner of Marshall and 6th sts.

The Police Stations are in the Market Houses.

The City Tail is on Marshall street, north-west of Central railroad depot.

The County Court House and Jail are on Main street, at the corner of 24th street.

The City Gas works are at Rocketts.

The Water Works (Pump House) are on the canal, about one mile west of the city.

The Female Orphan Asylum is at the corner of Marshall and 7th sts.

The Male Orphan Asylum is at the corner of Baker and St. James streets.

The Catholic Orphan Asylum is at the corner of Marshall and 4th sts.

The State Penitentiary is on the south-western suburbs of the city.

Hollywood Cemetery is situated about half a mile beyond the Penitentiary; approached by road leading from Cary street.

The new Alms House—at present occupied as a Confederate Hospital—is situated at the northern terminus of 2d street. The paupers are domiciled in a house east of the burial ground.

The entrance to the Tobacco Exchange is through the passage just beyond the Columbian Hotel.

The COLUMBIAN HOTEL is a large and commodious building, located in the business portion of the city, is comfortably furnished, and its tables supplied with the best the market affords. The Proprietors, Messrs ANGEL & CO., exercise their best efforts to render the stay of their guests as comfortable and pleasant as possible. Omnibuses attend the depots regularly.